B1038 crash in East Hertfordshire on 9 December 1996 at 15:15 involving a Dennis lorry
A Dennis lorry and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire at 15:15 on Monday 9 December 1996. The 46-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 309 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 1996
- Monday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dennis and Peugeot 309
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95192, longitude 0.04333, in the SG9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Hertfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19964100A0554
- Council area
- East Hertfordshire
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2002.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire, 10 November 2002
22 m awayRef 20024100A1138
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire, 18 June 1987
289 m awayRef 19874141A2097
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire, 21 July 2024
295 m awayRef 2024411489059
Slight
Car crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire, 10 November 1979
345 m awayRef 19794141A2164
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B1038 in East Hertfordshire, 16 August 2024
370 m awayRef 2024411487061
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Hertfordshire, 10 July 1981
499 m awayRef 19814141A2082
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 309)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 19964100A0554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Hertfordshire road accident statistics for 1996.